Anthony Loke Siew Fook (; born 28 April 1977) is a Malaysian

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who has served as the

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for the second term in the

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(PH) administration under Prime Minister

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since December 2022 and the first term in the PH administration under former Prime Minister

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from May 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020, the

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(MP) for

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since May 2013,

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from March 2008 to May 2013 and Member of the

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(MLA) for Chennah since May 2013,

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from March 2004 to May 2013. He is a member of the

Democratic Action Party The Democratic Action Party (abbreviation: DAP; ms, Parti Tindakan Demokratik; ; ta, ஜனநாயக செயல் கட்சி) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Malaysia. As one of four component parties of the ...

(DAP), a component party of the PH coalition. He has served as the 6th Secretary-General of DAP since March 2022, 2nd Parliamentary Leader of DAP from July 2018 to March 2022 and previously as National Organising Secretary of DAP. He also served as State Chairman of the

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(PR) opposition coalition of

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before PH took over power from the

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(BN) coalition of the state in May 2018.

Early life and education

Loke was born in

, Negeri Sembilan, and educated at St. Paul's Institution and SMK Seri Ampangan. He graduated from

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in 2000 with a degree in development science. He obtained his

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from

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Political career

In 1994, Loke joined DAP at the age of 17, the minimum age requirement of a DAP member. In 2004 Loke was elected to the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly for the seat of Lobak, and retained his seat in the

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, when he also won election to the federal parliament for the constituency of

. In the 2013 election he switched seats at both state and federal levels, contesting and winning Chennah in the legislative assembly and

in the federal parliament. Loke apologised to Pakatan Harapan Chairman

after over 40 billboards featured the leader have to be covered after directed by

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. Loke defended both his Parliament (

) and State ( Chennah) seats in 2018 election (GE14) by defeating

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's candidates,

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(Parliament) and Seet Tee Gee (State) with a majority of 30,694 votes and 1,115 votes respectively. In the first Pakatan Harapan's Cabinet following victory in GE14, Loke was announced as the new Minister of Transport by the Prime Minister. He was among the first of 14 Cabinet ministers. He was sworn in on 21 May at Istana Negara. On 20 March 2022, on the 17th

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National Congress, Loke was re-elected into the Central Executive Committee with 1625 votes, the 3rd highest vote, after

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and

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. He was then appointed as DAP's 6th Secretary-general after

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had stepped down from the role after 17 years.

Election results

External links

Loke's official blog
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Loke Siew Fook 1977 births Living people People from Negeri Sembilan Malaysian people of Cantonese descent Malaysian politicians of Chinese descent Democratic Action Party (Malaysia) politicians Government ministers of Malaysia Transport ministers of Malaysia Members of the Dewan Rakyat Members of the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly Leaders of the Opposition in the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly National University of Malaysia alumni University of Malaya alumni 21st-century Malaysian politicians

Early life and education

Political career

Election results

See also

External links

References